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  • Tags: Pollution - Jamaica

Filthy conditions outside the St. Patrick place of safety in Rae Town

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"Is this what we want for our kids in the international year of the child? The 38 boys being housed at the St. Patrick's Place of Safety in Rae Town have to suffer daily from the stench, mosquito bites and flies are bred by this stagnant pool that…

Stagnant water in Brown's Gully, Morant Bay

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"Health hazard - Brown's Gully in Morant Bay has stagnant water and heavy morass all year round except when there's a down-pour of rain to flush the gully. It is one of the many breeding grounds for mosquitoes and ring-worms. In addition, residents…